get involved, and businesses are already expressing an interest in exhibiting or working with UK: DRIC. The centre plans to be there for all sizes of business – from very small start-up businesses, as a “supportive incubator”, and as a springboard for potential high- growth new retailers. All of whom will have access to next generation technologies and methodologies and will be targeted on rapid testing of their business model and growth “We hope businesses will come here for their conferences, meetings and for training, to develop retail technologies and methodologies. It will be really exciting,” said Mrs Knight, who is embedded in the Marketing Gloucester team’s office on the same floor.
An exhibition space will allow not just products and ideas to be showcased before the public, it will also showcase Gloucester and Gloucestershire to the nation. Jason Smith, chief executive of Marketing Gloucester, said: “This is a huge opportunity for Gloucester to progress in our ambition to be a showcase and testbed for digital technologies, developing the city of 2050 by 2025. “There are huge challenges facing the UK retail sector and the UK Digital Retail Innovation Centre has the potential to be a gamechanger which could have a national impact” l Visit www.ukdric.org Email: emily@marketinggloucester.co.uk Telephone: 01452 207020
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